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CORN SILKING` M/ mlmlA No. 293,737. Patented Peb.19',"1884;

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1WILLIAMSAMPSON HORN, OF MILL GREEN, MARYLAND.

"CORN-siLKlNGn/IAc-HINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of-Letters Patent No. 293,73*?, datedfebruary 19, 1884.A

Application filed October 15, 1853. (No model.)

.T0 all whom, it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM S. HORN, of Mill Green, in the county ofHarford and State of Maryland, have invented a new and ImprovedOorn-Silking Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to a machine for removing the silk from greencorn preparatory to canning; and itconsists of the several combinationsand constructions of parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set forthand claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in

which the same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in allthe gures.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my new corn-silking machine. Fig. 2is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the slottedthroat-plate of the hopper.

A represents the belt or apron, which is made endless and placed overthe drums C C', and B B represent the points or fingers of the apron A.which are made of pieces of wire or short rods of iron, secured at oneend in the material of the belt or apron. rIhe upper drum, O', isadapted to berevolved for giving a slow traveling movement to the apronor belt A. In this instance the drum C is revolved by the belt D, thatpasses` over pulley E on the feeder F, (which serves as the powershaftof the machine,) and pulley G on the gudgeon of the drum C, and thedrumC is arranged in the frame H of the machine slightly back .ofthe drum C,for giving the apron A a slight inclination, as shown clearly in Fig. l,for properly receiving upon'it the corn from the hopper J. The belt Dalsopasses over the pulley K for revolving the brush L, which removesthe silk from the fingers B B.` The filaments of the brush L are securedto the shaft M (to which the pulley K is attached) by the removableclamp-plates a at, and the shaft M is flattened in the center, as' shownin Fig. l, so that the filaments or bristles will be properly held bythe plates. By removing close the apron A, as shown. These side boards,O O, and the front board, N, are held in place in the frame H upon therods P P, which pass through the frame, andthe said boards are preventedfrom lateral movement upon the rods P P by the sleeves Q Q, placed uponthe rods P P between the frame of the machine and the side boards, O O,as shown in Fig. 2.

Over the hopper-opening 'b is placed the slotted plate R. Theabove-mentioned feedershaft F passes in front of this plate R, and inthis feeder-,shaft are tted the series of pins c c, which, l'when thefeeder-shaft is revolved, pass through tleslots e e of `the plate R andserve `to force the corn from the hopper J through the said slots,whence it willv fall upon the apron A and ngers B, which latter willcatch and retain the silk that is mingled with the corn, while the cornitself drops out at the bottom of the machine. The hopper J is hinged-tothe front board, N, by the hinges d d, as shown in Fig. l; and toprevent the corn,

heavily upon the feeder F, I place above the said feeder the inclinedshield S, which is hinged so that it may beV raised up for clean-A ablepower applied to the shaft F. If steam or horse power is used, it willbeapplied to thel pulley T, secured on said feeder F. If hand-power isused, asuitable crank will be applied to the feeder F in place of thepulley T.

In use, the corn will be rst cut from the cob and then fed into thehopper J. The machine now being putin motion, the pins c c of the feeder-F will gradually work the corn through the slots e e inthe'throat-plate R, whence it will fall upon the apron A among the ngers'B,.which will catch thesilk mingled with the corn and retain it untilremoved from the ngers by the action of the brush L. In this manner itwill be seen that the machine lis adapted for very rapid operation, andis practical for its purpose, removing al1 the silk from the corn, andit is self-cleaning.

Having thus described my invention, wh at I claim as new, and desire tosecure'by Letters Patent, is-

'1. Acorn-silkingmachinecomprisingatravwhen placed in the hopper J ,fromfalling too y IOO cling` belt provided with points or fingers, a brushfor cleaning the lingers, a hopper, and a feeder, F c, arranged tooperate substantially as described.

2. The combination, With the hopper J and the feeder F c, of the slottedplate R and shield S, arranged above the feeder in the hopper J,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The inclined endless ,traveling apron A, provided with points B, incombination With hopper J, feeder F c, and slotted plate R, arranged inthe hopper, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. A

WILLIAM SAMISON HORN.

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WM. S. RICHARDSON, J. R. FLY.

